nail looks

I'd sort of forgotten all about sand nail art until this picture of VH-1's Morning Buzz Live host Carrie Keagan's nails taken over the weekend reminded me. Sand-textured nails not only exist, but for a while they were really a thing. But are they over? I thought they had come and gone in a flash, but maybe I'm too focused on regular pretty nail polish these days to notice. I'm curious to know what the rest of the world is thinking here. So let's find out. Are you guys still wearing sand nail art? Or were fuzzy nails just a moment in time? Discuss! Photo: Getty Images read more

I personally feel that any time you go on vacation, you should get the party started before you leave with a fun, bright, and/or quirky nail look. It just gets you in the mood, you know what I mean? Here are four lovely looks I spotted on the red carpet this week that would be great for just such an occasion. There was the orange pedicure Angie Harmon wore on the TCA tour: The fun blue glitter look I spotted on singer-actress JoJo: This purple shade on Jennifer Lawrence is memorable—both sweet and energetic: And then for you more playful types, Kaley Cuoco went out and wore black-and-blue-striped nail art for ya: Why am I talking about vacation nails? Well, I'm taking next week off to rest and recharge. But Petra and Amy will be around to hold down the fort as usual, and two great writers, Marissa Gold and Cheryl Wischhover, will be helping fill in the gaps. Everyone, be on your best behavior, OK? I don't want to hear about any blowups over lipstick when I get back. My vacation nail polish pick? I went with Essie DJ Play that Song, a neon pinky purple that says "I read more

Deborah Lippmann has mixed black glitter with soft pastel hues for three new nail colors that are inspired by some of your favorite flavors of ice cream (cotton candy, Oreo, and mint chocolate chip, to be exact!). There is I’m Not Edible, a pink staccato; Polka Dots and Moonbeams, a black-and-white staccato; and Rockin’ Robin, a mint staccato. “When creating this formula, I was thinking of ways to make black glitter wearable," said Deborah. "I like how the glitter pops with a creme base, and I love that we took very wearable spring shades and gave them more pizzazz—even a bit of an edge." Each nail polish costs $19. You can pick them up this month at www.deborahlippmann.com, Barneys New York, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom. Will you spend $19 on one of these spring colors from Deborah Lippmann? read more

Demi Lovato is one of the queens of nail fun around here, but I'm not sure I can get behind the latest look she wore to a concert in L.A. Not because the look isn't cute. Oh, no—I'm all for it in theory. You see, she wore a single spike on each nail. Very tough-girl. But all I can think is that those little pointy things would catch on everything. My skin, my clothes, the scarf of the person sitting next to me. Everything. Therefore I really can't suggest anyone copy this. And I also don't suggest anyone come in close contact with Demi until her next nail appointment. What do you think of this nail idea, gang? Cute enough to deal with the trickiness or just not practical enough to bother? Photos: Splash News read more

As the crazy-nail-art phase starts to die down a little, we turn our attention to not-so-in-your-face non-boring nail looks like the one I've been drooling over recently: Subtle polka dots. You might remember I freaked out over this gold-over-flesh-tone one a few months ago: Source: glamour.com via Beth on Pinterest But that's not the only way you can wear soft polkas. You can... Put silver over mint: Source: pshiiit.com via Beth on Pinterest Or dot a shiny top coat over the matte shade of your choice: >Source: fabfingertips.blogspot.com via Beth on Pinterest Or dot different sized dots of white over taupe: Source: Uploaded by user via Beth on Pinterest There's something sort of dreamy and whimsical about these looks, no? And you can even do them with your non-dominate hand! I find if you unwrap the padding off a Q-Tip, it makes a wonderful round stamp for things like this. So easy! Which look would you go for? Photos: Via Pinterest read more

Since I can't change your office dress codes, I figure the least I can do is keep providing you with pretty nail looks that might fly in a conservative setting. Here are a few more I spotted on the holder of all great ideas, Pinterest. read more

While I'm encouraged to come to work with, like, 10 tiny replicas of the Mona Lisa on my nails, I know a lot of you work in more conservative environments where that's just not an option. So for you guys, I present some unboring ideas that will probably fly in most offices I found on Pinterest: read more

By now you've probably heard about gel manicures—how they're great and last for weeks and are extra-shiny and don't require drying time and a lot of good stuff. But you've probably also heard that they were expensive and kind of a pain 'cause you had to go to a salon to get them. Those last few things were all true up until recently. But now there's an at-home kit that makes the process much more affordable as easy to do whenever you have time. But is it worth it? I tried it out to see. read more

OK, OK, I don't actually think Maria Menounos copied our readers with this look, exactly, but it is a crazy coincidence that we just put up a bunch of you guys rocking striped nails on Friday and then just a couple days later at the SAG Awards, Maria shows up with this look: read more

Perhaps I've watched too many seasons of Rock of Love, but when I hear "lucite," I think "stripper heels." So I didn't have the highest hopes when I heard the folks at CND were giving the models at the Joy Cioci show at Spring 2012 Fashion Week lucite manis. But then I saw the nails. read more

I'd make a joke about it being time to sharpen your claws, but those of you who tend not to like half-moon manicures tend to really really loathe them to a very intense degree (if you don't believe me, check out the comments in this past post). So let's all take a deep breath instead and then take a look at the blue and cream half-moon nails here on Fergie. Are they a Do or a Don't? read more

Apparently Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes and I have something in common: We wear beige nail polish. Yes, beige, the commitment-phobe's polish color of choice. But I can't help it—I love a good beige. Do you find it boring? read more